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Excerpt from A Treatise on Meteorology: The Barometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer, Rain-Gauge and Ozonometer; With Rules and Regulations to Be Observed for Their Correct Use The following Meteorological data are mainly derived from such well-known sources as Messrs Scoffern and Lowe on Practical Meteorology; Mr Glaisher's Hygrometrical Tables; Sir W. Armstrong's Presidential Address to the British Association, 1863; together with certain discoveries and uncertain theories, propounded by Professor Tyndall, Mr Nasmyth, Sir John Leslie, and others; all of which we would gladly accept with implicit faith, if only their authors would always agree not to differ. A very valuable treatise, on this same subject, was published a few years ago by Messrs Scoffern and Lowe; but, in many respects, it is far deeper than the ordinary meteorologist will require, embracing optics, acoustics, electricity, and other scientifically treated matters, for the full understanding of which the reader should have dipped into "the Mathematics," more deeply than the amateur meteorologist will generally be found to have done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.